The key to developing expertise is deliberatepractice. Tom Gram has three posts that cover the research and application of deliberatepractice based on the work of Dr. Anders Ericsson. Practice & Development of Expertise: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3.

The issue is that the program didn’t provide any practice in designing courses from go to whoa, it was all about theory. In the comments, many people talk about how the programs they went did include projects, but this raises issues around the role of programs as well as what practice means. Then the question becomes: how much practice? Indeed, if I need to develop a practical skill, I need to perform the skills. Focused practice. Intense practice.

We created this little 3-minute video to introduce our new deliberatepractice program that helps you build your business storytelling skills. Storytelling for Leaders - DeliberatePractice Program from Shawn Callahan on Vimeo.

You need to practice, practice and practice some more in order to get it right.". So, even those who appear to be natural storytellers practice extensively to refine their skill. Maybe we just need more deliberatepractice? Last Thursday night, Tony High asked me if I knew what a 'mondegreen' was. I had no idea. A quick search of wikipedia revealed that a mondegreen is a term coined for those times when we get the lyrics of a song wrong.

From a remarkably young age Franklin understood the importance of practice. But that drilled, repetitive practice of hitting the same shot over and over again. The fact is it takes practice to be good at anything. Some estimate 10,000 hours of practice. But it is not just any type of practice. You need to engage in deliberatepractice just like Ben Franklin did to be world the renowned writer and communicator he became.

Every fortnight I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds. Ray Bradbury : “I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible.” – via @DavidBrin.

His central theme (which I believe is shared by Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers , which I haven't read yet), is that high performers are not merely naturally talented (and perhaps talent has little to do with it), but they also engage in deliberatepractice. For these future black cabbies they were deliberately developing their navigation skills in the pursuit of passing a test and at the same time actually enlarging part of their brain. MORE >>

Next was Tony Karrer and Ken Allan ’s discussion of the role of deliberatepractice in the development of skills less than that of an expert, based on Tony’s question: Any thoughts on how deliberative practice relates to becoming something less than an expert. Is that just aspirational, or is deliberative practice also studied for quick attainment of proficiency? That is the nature of mastery, and the ultimate result of deliberatepractice. MORE >>

From a remarkably young age Franklin understood the importance of practice. But that drilled, repetitive practice of hitting the same shot over and over again. The fact is it takes practice to be good at anything. Some estimate 10,000 hours of practice. But it is not just any type of practice. You need to engage in deliberatepractice just like Ben Franklin did to be world the renowned writer and communicator he became. MORE >>

autism DeliberatePractice Life Mastery parenting passion acceptance Asperger's Syndrome awareness DeliberatePracticeThe distinction between “ perseverate and “ persevere is one that I have often wondered about. What I’ve come up with, in a nutshell, is this: perseverate is bad, keeping at something for no real purpose. persevere is good, keeping at something in pursuit of a meaningful goal. MORE >>

Book Reviews Books Life learning Creativity DeliberatePractice FIRST reading reflection thinkingI enjoy reading, so like many people I have set a goal for myself to read at least 50 books a year for the last couple of years. I read 45 last year, you can see my list on GoodReads. As I was getting ready to publicly commit to another year of 50-in-52, though, I realized that I’m not really ready to move on from the books I read in 2011 2010. MORE >>